Re: Re: Gendarmes
  By: Holger Granholm to Joe Delahaye on Mon Sep 26 2016 08:57:00

 HG>> So the gendarmes are probably military polices, or just soldiers.

 JD>> Or perhaps the State Police.  I believe there is a Gendarmerie (sp)
 JD>> in France. Perhaps it is something like the British Bobby?

 HG> I have always thought that an english Bobby is a patrolling police,
 HG> creating a sense of safety in a neighbourhood, and helping citizens and
 HG> tourists.

Yes, wrong comparison.  The UK does have a state police, but it is not the the
English Bobby.  My mind wont wrap around the name of that organization right
now though.


 HG> Since nobody frenchspeaking person appears here, I think we will have to
 HG> leave the question of what a french gendarm is or does, open.

True enough
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